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Warm Week Gives Way to a Cooler Forecast for the New York City Marathon
Sunday’s race should start in the upper 40s on Staten Island and peak near 62 F in midafternoon, with light winds and unusually dry air. Runners in the later waves will feel most of the warmth.
Race Coverage
Habtom Samuel and Rachael Rudel Win the Dash to the Finish Line 5K in New York
Samuel ran 13:31 to stay unbeaten since turning pro. Rudel, the 32-year-old U.S. 20K champion, won in a personal best of 15:35 to end Annie Rodenfels’s three-year run as champion.
Race Coverage
Ethiopian 1,500m Runner Mosisa Siyoum Banned for Eight Years After Testing Positive for EPO
The Athletics Integrity Unit added four years for tampering after concluding that the clinic records he sent to explain the positive were forged or manipulated.
Elite Runners
2026 New York City Marathon Elite Field: Abdi Nageeye
The 2024 champion and Tokyo Olympic silver medalist is back in New York a year after a hamstring injury ended his title defense.
Elite Runners
Is Harry Styles Running the New York City Marathon?
Harry Styles plays the last of his 30 Madison Square Garden shows the night before the race, and the evidence makes a compelling case for him toeing the line on Sunday.
Jessy Carveth
The Athlete Paradox: Why Endurance Runners Can Have More Coronary Plaque
Running can improve your cardiovascular outlook without making you immune to cardiovascular disease. Here’s how to make sense of the research on endurance athletes and coronary plaque.
Run Long Run Healthy
India Moves to Make Supplying Doping Drugs to Athletes a Crime
Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya says the bill, with prison terms of up to five years, goes to Parliament’s Winter Session. By April, India had more athletes on the AIU’s sanctions list than Kenya.
Elite Runners
World Athletics Gives Road Running Its Own Department
Jakob Larsen, who led world championships in Aarhus and the first Ultimate Championship in Budapest, takes charge of a remit that runs from 320-plus label races to a treadmill world title.
Race Coverage
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